Bill Text: MN HF362 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) child care assistance modified.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-10 - Author added Loeffler [HF362 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF362-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to human services; modifying MFIP child care assistance;amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.05, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
    Subdivision 1. Eligible participants. Families eligible for child care assistance
under the MFIP child care program are:
    (1) MFIP participants who are employed or in job search and meet the requirements
of section 119B.10;
    (2) persons who are members of transition year families under section 119B.011,
subdivision 20 , and meet the requirements of section 119B.10;
    (3) families who are participating in employment orientation or job search, or
other employment or training activities that are included in an approved employability
development plan under section 256J.95;
    (4) MFIP families who are participating in work job search, job support,
employment, or training activities as required in their employment plan, or in appeals,
hearings, assessments, or orientations according to chapter 256J;
    (5) MFIP families who are participating in social services activities under chapter
256J or mental health treatment as required in their employment plan approved according
to chapter 256J;
    (6) families who are participating in services or activities that are included in an
approved family stabilization plan under section 256J.575;
    (7) MFIP child-only cases under section 256J.88, for up to 12 hours of child care per
week as approved by the county, in which the child's primary caregiver has a diagnosis of
depression or other serious mental illness, and is exempt from work requirements under
sections 256J.425 and 256J.575 due to the primary caregiver's disability;
    (8) families who are participating in programs as required in tribal contracts under
section 119B.02, subdivision 2, or 256.01, subdivision 2; and
    (8) (9) families who are participating in the transition year extension under section
119B.011, subdivision 20a .